Prof. Xiaohong Guan
School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal UniversitySpeech Title:
Biography: Xiaohong Guan, Distinguished Professor at East China Normal University (ECNU), serves as the Vice Dean of the School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences at ECNU. She is a recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC). Her research focuses on the chemistry of water pollution control. As the first or corresponding author, she has published over 150 SCI-indexed papers in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Environmental Science & Technology, and Water Research. She has been consecutively listed as a Highly Cited Researcher by Elsevier for five years. Her scientific achievements have earned her numerous awards, including the First Prize of the Invention and Entrepreneurship Award from the China Invention Association (ranked 1st), and the Second Prize of the Shanghai Natural Science Award (ranked 1st). As an editor, she has published several influential books, including Essentials for Writing High-Quality SCI Papers: From Topic Selection to Publication (which won the Second Prize of the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Excellent Publications Award - Textbook Award), Advanced Oxidation Technologies for Water Pollution Control, and Water Chemistry. She has led over 30 research projects, including nine funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and key research and development programs. Currently, She is an Editor for Water Research.